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Find out what a clinical research nurse does, from empowering patients to guiding them through complex treatment options – all to drive medical breakthroughs.

Tom Daley, Olympian and High Profile Supporter of The Charity, teams up with Renault UK to launch a unique, knitted, online auction…

Scottish crime author Emma Christie, originally from Cumnock, Ayrshire, is teaming up with leading book influencer and tour organiser Kelly Lacey, to launch a special 12-day online book tour in support of The Brain Tumour Charity

The UK’s most iconic comedian, writer and actor has chosen to use his tour shows to support The Brain Tumour Charity and 11 others

Inspired by her lovely mum, Elle and a gang of family and friends are taking on Africa’s highest mountain

We hosted an event focused on improving quality of life for adults living with the effects of a low grade brain tumour.

We’re pleased to announce an ambitious new clinical trial into childhood brain cancers.

David Waters, from Edinburgh, was four when he lost his dad John, 39, to a brain tumour in 1992. Over the last 12 months, David’s taken on 16 different fitness events in a year of paying tribute to his dad.

We’ve sent your feedback to the consultation on NICE’s draft guidance on vorasidenib. These are just some of the powerful testimonies we received that formed part of that.

We are pleased to announce that we have awarded £3 million to two new, exciting research projects!

When Becca and Ted Thomson-Glover found out their son wouldn’t survive his brain tumour, they wanted to know what to expect so that some things were in their control. Now they’ve recorded a podcast to help others going through that agonising time.

We caught up with Professor Alan Davidson in Cape Town, who we funded to develop national treatment guidelines for paediatric brain tumours – low-grade gliomas and medulloblastomas.

New research suggests that immune cells in low grade gliomas may help them survive, providing insight that could lead to new treatments for children with these tumours.

This blog post explores what liquid biopsies are, how they work, why they’re difficult to develop and what the future holds.

A sell-out event took place in the beautiful French Protestant Church in London’s Soho Square on 2 October to celebrate Sophie Kinsella’s novels.

Despite the disappointing draft guidance published by NICE, there’s still hope that vorasidenib will be available through the NHS in England.

Take a look at our new crop of charity Christmas cards for this festive season!

Researchers have pinpointed a new biomarker that could help doctors more accurately predict the behaviour of meningiomas.

We provide an update on the Scottish Steering Committees decided ambitions and objectives that members will seek to achieve.

Kirsty, from Kinross, was studying for a nursing degree when a brain tumour diagnosis changed everything. Six years later, she’s using her crafting skills – and love of pigs! – to raise funds.

Newly-weds Jeremy and Lottie Daubeny are shunning sun loungers in favour of saddles on an epic bike ride from Australia back to the UK.

After spending 34 years in the British Army, Chris Fowke knew about resilience and discipline. But even that hadn’t prepared him for his biggest challenge yet: recovering from a brain tumour.

Rhiannon, from Staffordshire, is helping raise awareness in Eye Health Week.

An international phase 3 clinical trial has shown that vorasidenib could be a new targeted treatment for those diagnosed with a low grade glioma.